Prompt: make a list of your different layers of
identity; ways you could be described or lenses through which you could be
viewed. Now write a poem in which one of the identities from the list contends
or talks with another.
List: Wife mother daughter student
friend writer poet playwright journalist retired dog owner cat lover parrot
buddy collaborator colleague producer expediter lazy ass woman tea connoisseur
dieter napper Clevelander Angeleno Bearcat Trojan sports fan theatergoer flute
player piccolo player musician reader news junkie sponsor philanthropic wordsmith
drives a Fiat
So:
Dogs are more wont to
be owned than cats.
Asking
why is futile.
This statement is a fact.
I have never met an
owned cat.
Never ask why about a
cat.
You might get an answer.
You will not like it.
Always ask why about a
dog.
They will oblige.
You still will not like it.
If cats were larger
they would eat us.
If dogs were larger…
Cats are stuff doers.
Dogs do stuff.
Do
not ask why.
You
will not like the answer.
Cats make biscuits.
Do not tell them.
They
will not believe you.
Dogs like balls.
You do not need to tell
them.
They
know. They know. They know.
All in all:
Big
dogs are lap dogs. Cats are uni-sized.
Small
dogs yap and bite. Cats have
claws in their paws.
Dogs
are stiff. Cats
are pliable.
Dogs
grunt. Cats
purr.
Dogs
fart. Cats
puke hairballs.
Owner? Lover? Lover? Owner?
Cat? Dog? Dog? Cat?
Do not attempt an answer.
Choice is not possible.
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